Below is a list of international observances promoted by the United Nations. Click on each link for suggestions about how to commemorate the observance with a brief family devotional (perhaps at the dinner table or before family prayer).

Feb. 21	International Mother Language Day
Mar. 8	International Women's Day
Mar. 21	International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Mar. 21-27	Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination
Mar. 22	World Day for Water
Mar. 23	World Meteorological Day
Apr. 7	World Health Day
Apr. 23	World Book and Copyright Day
May 3	World Press Freedom Day
May 15	International Day of Families
May 17	World Telecommunication Day
May 21	World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
May 22	International Day for Biological Diversity
May 22	National Maritime Day (United States)
May 25-31	Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories
May 29	International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
May 31	No-Tobacco Day
June 4	International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
June 5	World Environment Day
June 17	World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
June 20	World Refugee Day
June 23	United Nations Public Service Day
June 26	International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
June 26	International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
1st Sat. in July	International Day of Cooperatives
July 11	World Population Day
Aug. 9	International Day of the World's Indigenous People
Aug. 12	International Youth Day
Aug. 23	International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition
Sept. 8	International Literacy Day
Sept. 16	International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
Sept. 21	International Day of Peace
Last week in Sept.	World Maritime Day
1st Mon. in October	World Habitat Day
Oct. 1	International Day of Older Persons
Oct. 4-10	World Space Week
Oct. 5	World Teachers Day
Oct. 9	World Post Day
2nd Sun. in October	National Children's Day (United States)
2nd Wed. in October	International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
Oct. 10	World Mental Health Day
Oct. 16	World Food Day
Oct. 17	International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Oct. 24	United Nations Day
Oct. 24-30	Disarmament Week
Nov. 6	International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
Nov. 16	International Day for Tolerance
Nov. 20	Africa Industrialization Day
Nov. 20	Universal Children's Day
Nov. 21	World Television Day
Nov. 25	International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Nov. 29	International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
Dec. 1	World AIDS Day
Dec. 2	International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
Dec. 3	International Day of Disabled Persons
Dec. 5	International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
Dec. 7	International Civil Aviation Day
Dec. 10	Human Rights Day
Dec. 11	International Mountain Day
Dec. 18	International Migrants Day